Saturday June 29, 2019 Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul Monte de Gozo --> Santiago de Compostela 4.9 km 26,577 Steps Today was the day. I think I was just as excited about it being the last day I had to walk as I was about actually arriving in Santiago. Santiago had almost been … Continue reading Camino Day 39 →

Friday June 28, 2019 Salceda --> Monte de Gozo 23.4 km 39,720 Steps Waking up this morning, there was a feeling of being able to take on whatever would come at me today because it would be the last full day of walking. We decided that we'd rather arrive in Santiago fresh in the morning … Continue reading Camino Day 38 →

Thursday June 27, 2019 Melide --> Salceda 24.7 km 44,145 Steps Do you remember that feeling from high school when your alarm would go off and your first reaction would be, "Do I have to go?". That was the feeling this morning when the sun began peeking through the blinds and people in our room … Continue reading Camino Day 37 →

Wednesday June 26, 2019 Eirexe --> Melide 22.5 km 40,573 Steps Having a quiet little room to ourselves for the night meant that we got a solid night's sleep and we were packed and ready to go at 6:45 am (I think our earliest start yet), except for my guts. I don't know if it … Continue reading Camino Day 36 →

Tuesday June 25, 2019 Portomarín --> Eirexe 17.7 km 29,592 Steps We planned out a shorter day for ourselves today, stopping in a much smaller town to be able to break from the masses. All the tourigrinos were following the same itinerary, stopping in the same towns each night, so we knew we had to … Continue reading Camino Day 35 →

Monday June 24, 2019 San Mamede --> Portomarín 25.8 km 44,682 Steps I'll start today's post with an acknowledgment: I acknowledge that some people don't have 40 days of free time in their life to be able to hike the entire Camino de Santiago, so starting in Sarria is all they are able to do. … Continue reading Camino Day 34 →

Sunday June 23, 2019 Fonfría --> San Mamede 23.8 km 37,897 Steps It was in the back of our minds all day today that it was our last "normal" day. We had already seen an uptick in the number of pilgrims within the past few days, but starting tomorrow we would pass the 100 km-to-go … Continue reading Camino Day 33 →

Saturday June 22, 2019 Herrerías --> Fonfría 20.0 km 35,244 Steps Well, today marks one month of being on the Camino (and keeping up with this blog)! The Camino had so many different phases and moods for me, each day was so unique and different that it was a mix of emotions between: "Wow a … Continue reading Camino Day 32 →

Friday June 21, 2019 Villafranca del Bierzo --> Herrerías 20.5 km 32,817 Steps When we got up this morning, we were shocked to find our Korean roommates still fast asleep in their beds. They were all asleep when we arrived at our albergue yesterday at 4pm. Had they really slept for like 14 hours!? I … Continue reading Camino Day 31 →

Thursday June 20, 2019 Ponferrada --> Villafranca del Bierzo 24.2 km 41,295 Steps Waking up in the basement room of our albergue this morning had us all thrown off. There was no natural light to tell our bodies when to wake up and no one wanted to turn on the lights in the room. We … Continue reading Camino Day 30 →